Since I'm bored at work, what do you guys think about piercings
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dan neely wrote:
but you're going to make things much harder for yourself getting any sort of white collar job.
I wouldn't say harder, I mean, I know a few developers that look pretty damn wierd that have decent jobs and due to the fact that im a developer myself, I don't see a problem with it because I don't have to work with the customers face to face :)
Even as a mere Minion1, I've met our clients occasionally. Both formally (driving a PC during a demo and when we hosted an interest group meeting), and informally (ran into them with coworkers in the halls, and when I picked the same restaurant they and the more senior people were eating at). Even if you're working on strictly internal projects running into other peoples customers in the hall occasionally is inevitable.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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Well having my tongue pierced and considering to get my lip pierced, just thought it would be good to get some feed back on what other people think...
it's your body, and your life. do what you want. sure, there is a world full of people who won't like it, and you'll have to deal with them from time to time. but in the end, as Jimi said :
i'm the one who's gonna have to die when it's time for me to die. so let me live my life the way i want to.
or, you can live the life you think they want you to lead. spend all your time worrying about what strangers think.
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Well having my tongue pierced and considering to get my lip pierced, just thought it would be good to get some feed back on what other people think...
Why would you make it harder on yourself than needed (from a carrier point off view) Take it from someone who had to search for a job for over a year just because the interviewers didn't want someone with scars on his face (got them from an accident 8 years ago). It's depressing to hear them say 'Sorry we went with someone else.' or 'The job opening is no longer available' or ... , while knowing that it's based purly on the fact that I have some scars (you could see the interviewers face change when he/she noticed it)
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You can't look professional and have visible nonconventional piercings. If you want to work in a starbucks it won't matter, but you're going to make things much harder for yourself getting any sort of white collar job.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
I like to think programmers can be a little wild sometimes... but now that you mention it, I have never seen a programmer with piercings... bad personal hygiene, yes, but never piercings. Some I have worked with previously from DOD contracts have some Navy oriented tattoos but nothing outrageous. The graphics department on the other hand... those guy n' gals are absolutely freaky. It’s like a piercing/tattoo are a requirement for employment. It’s a double standard. I want justice. :)
MrPlankton
modified on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:08 AM
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Piercings are disgusting! I'd get a tattoo on my back, where I can't see it. And it would have to be something really meaningful, colorful and correctly spelled. Then again, I hate pain, so I'd be content with just a custom-made t-shirt with the same thing on the back.
sk8er_boy287 wrote:
I'd get a tattoo on my back, where I can't see it.
I suppose this could be applied to piercings as well.
sk8er_boy287 wrote:
correctly spelled
You're funny.
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Well having my tongue pierced and considering to get my lip pierced, just thought it would be good to get some feed back on what other people think...
We don't know you well enough to think about or comment on your piercings. Besides, real men don't get "piercings". They're run-through in the course of battle, or impaled as a means of punishment, but they certainly don't get "piercings". -20 man points.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Well having my tongue pierced and considering to get my lip pierced, just thought it would be good to get some feed back on what other people think...
If you want to be a Rent-a-Coder programmer, well I guess it doesn't matter then.
MrPlankton
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I like to think programmers can be a little wild sometimes... but now that you mention it, I have never seen a programmer with piercings... bad personal hygiene, yes, but never piercings. Some I have worked with previously from DOD contracts have some Navy oriented tattoos but nothing outrageous. The graphics department on the other hand... those guy n' gals are absolutely freaky. It’s like a piercing/tattoo are a requirement for employment. It’s a double standard. I want justice. :)
MrPlankton
modified on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:08 AM
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Well having my tongue pierced and considering to get my lip pierced, just thought it would be good to get some feed back on what other people think...
You will never get second chance to make first impression. Whatever it will be looking for new job, or meeting with (potential) customers, looking professional will just make things easier. Of course you can just temporary remove the piercing just before the meeting ;)
-- "My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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dan neely wrote:
but you're going to make things much harder for yourself getting any sort of white collar job.
I wouldn't say harder, I mean, I know a few developers that look pretty damn wierd that have decent jobs and due to the fact that im a developer myself, I don't see a problem with it because I don't have to work with the customers face to face :)
Ruan_B wrote:
I wouldn't say harder, I mean, I know a few developers that look pretty damn wierd that have decent jobs
Of course there are some that have piercings and decent jobs, that doesn't mean it wasn't harder to get those decent jobs. Say you have 10 software companies in your local area. 50% are prepared to hire people with piercings. A developer without a piercing has 10 available options. A developer with a piercing only has 5 options. My advice would be, don't do anything permanent in a visible place. Piercings are OK, if they can be removed without leaving a scar just in case in the future you decide that it is affecting your career.
Simon
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We don't know you well enough to think about or comment on your piercings. Besides, real men don't get "piercings". They're run-through in the course of battle, or impaled as a means of punishment, but they certainly don't get "piercings". -20 man points.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
-20 man points.
There should be a reference scale for the man points. Something like: Using Calvin Klein Obsession after shave: -50 Listening to Michael Bolton: -150 Watching "Miss Congeniality": -250 ... ...
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Well having my tongue pierced and considering to get my lip pierced, just thought it would be good to get some feed back on what other people think...
Piercings are for sissies and girls. Unless you happen to be a 17th century pirate terrorising the Caribbean, but since this isn't the 17th Century we can just stick with the first two options :)
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i got my Brosnan Pierced, once
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
-20 man points.
There should be a reference scale for the man points. Something like: Using Calvin Klein Obsession after shave: -50 Listening to Michael Bolton: -150 Watching "Miss Congeniality": -250 ... ...
The only reference I found to the man-points deduction scale was a double-asterisk next to the word "deduction" (this is in the ancient text titled "Man-Points - Deductions and Awards"). The footnote associated with the double-asterisk simply read as follows: "Actual deduction amount to reflect the points deductor's abhorance to the deductee's actions. All further inquiries and/or deductions should be forwarded and deferred to the current Outlaw Programmer." Since I am the current Outlaw Programmer, whatever I say goes. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
The only reference I found to the man-points deduction scale was a double-asterisk next to the word "deduction" (this is in the ancient text titled "Man-Points - Deductions and Awards"). The footnote associated with the double-asterisk simply read as follows: "Actual deduction amount to reflect the points deductor's abhorance to the deductee's actions. All further inquiries and/or deductions should be forwarded and deferred to the current Outlaw Programmer." Since I am the current Outlaw Programmer, whatever I say goes. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I am the current Outlaw Programmer
Is there a time limit? Do you have a Vice Outlaw Programmer?
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I am the current Outlaw Programmer
Is there a time limit? Do you have a Vice Outlaw Programmer?
Michael Schubert wrote:
Is there a time limit?
Yeah, but it' similar to that of a Supreme Court Justice. I am the Outlaw Programmer until I either retire or die.
Michael Schubert wrote:
Do you have a Vice Outlaw Programmer?
No, but I need to find a protogé, someone that I can count on to carry on the name, attitude, and spectacle that is the meaning of "Outlaw Programmer".
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Well for interviews and going to site, I could just take it out for that period of time. Where tatoos, well thats a whole different storie :)
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Michael Schubert wrote:
Is there a time limit?
Yeah, but it' similar to that of a Supreme Court Justice. I am the Outlaw Programmer until I either retire or die.
Michael Schubert wrote:
Do you have a Vice Outlaw Programmer?
No, but I need to find a protogé, someone that I can count on to carry on the name, attitude, and spectacle that is the meaning of "Outlaw Programmer".
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
No, but I need to find a protogé, someone that I can count on to carry on the name, attitude, and spectacle that is the meaning of "Outlaw Programmer".
Some big shoes to fill... :)
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The fact that you can take it out is what makes it icky gross. And imagine the implications: Suppose you accidentally drop it in the toilet? What then?
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Well having my tongue pierced and considering to get my lip pierced, just thought it would be good to get some feed back on what other people think...
I manage to pick up enough scars unintentionally, so don't feel the need to go out of my way for more. But, whatever makes you happy i guess. And, yeah, there will be people who will give you trouble because of your appearance. Sadly, that's often true regardless of what you do.
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You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.
